The Davidson County Courthouse, with fountain, in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, circa 1960s. The Davidson County Courthouse, also known as Metropolitan Courthouse, is an Art Deco building built in 1936. It was listed on the National Register of...

The Davidson County Courthouse in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, February, 1974. The Davidson County Courthouse, also known as Metropolitan Courthouse, is an Art Deco building built in 1936. It was listed on the National Register of Historic...

An aerial view of the Davidson County Courthouse in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, circa June 1960. Includes a view of the Cumberland River as well as some of the buildings at or near the public square, such as Eisele & Co. at 400 1st Avenue N and...

Tour buses, circa 1960s, at the Davidson County Courthouse in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. The Davidson County Courthouse, also known as Metropolitan Courthouse, is an Art Deco building built in 1936. It was listed on the National Register of...

An aerial view of the Davidson County Courthouse in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, circa 1960s. The Davidson County Courthouse, also known as Metropolitan Courthouse, is an Art Deco building built in 1936. It was listed on the National Register...

An aerial view of the Davidson County Courthouse in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, circa June 1960. Includes a view of the Cumberland River as well as some of the buildings at or near the public square, such as Eisele & Co. at 400 1st Avenue N and...

A photograph of leaders from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) leaving the Estes Kefauver Federal Building and United States Courthouse in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, on May 23, 1967. They were attending a trial of a suit...

Nashville firefighters check billboards announcing Fire Prevention Week atop the Patent Button Company, on the north side of the Nashville Public Square. The adjacent building at the corner of the public square and 2nd Avenue North is home to the...

Pictured: Metro Nashville’s motorcycle policemen in front of the Davidson County Courthouse, circa March 1966. The Davidson County Courthouse, also known as Metropolitan Courthouse, is an Art Deco building built in 1936. It was listed on the...

Harris-Davis and Company, J. L. Turner and Son, and J. S. Reeves and Company were among the buildings that once delineated the outer perimeter of the public square in Nashville. The square, with the county courthouse, city hall and market center,...